Archive for April, 2007

The Black Bear Queen Meets Miss Bunny

Nola couldn’t get enough of the Catfish Queens mentioned in passing in the prior post. I started poking around the old interweb. The same site where the Catfish Queens reside is the home of the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals (LAFF). All of the queens of all of the festivals are featured on...

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Stuffed Crabs, Crab Cakes and The Google

Without anything really interesting to blog about, today will be a brief entry on the stuffed crab I had for dinner last night. Of course, as I was thinking, “this is going to be about a 3 sentence entry,” some ideas began to flow. I remember when we were kids and would drive to...

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The Vietnamese Markets

Nola’s non-stop noshing and her blogging thereof (mainly the dim sum entry) got me thinking. I haven’t been out to New Orleans East to shop at the Vietnamese markets in quite a while. On occasion, before the storm, I would trek out to the Vietnamese section of New Orleans East to visit the Vietnamese...

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Weekend Adventures & French Quarter Fest Part 3

Weekend Adventures & French Quarter Fest Part 3

In exile on the Northshore for 5 years now, I always enjoy having time to spend in the city. Having partners-in-crime always helps, and this past weekend it was none other than Nola, Captain Sarcastic and my sister, with guest appearances from Nola and CS’ menagerie, Lucy, Zella and Peanut. Saturday started in a...

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Into the 21st Century

Off-theme post here… Just a celebration of the new MP3 player I bought today. Having a long-standing affection for digital music, one would think that I’d have gotten one of these a long time ago. Wrong. I was hard-headed, stubborn and didn’t think anything was wrong with burning endless CD’s to bring my music...

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Part Two: French Quarter Fest ‘07

Part Two: French Quarter Fest ‘07

Moving on…still Friday the 13th at the French Quarter Fest… To Woldenberg Park, and another extended outlay of music stages and food booths. As I was looking around trying to plot a strategy, I heard a loud plane overhead, and looking above spotted an F15 flying fast and low over the riverfront. I picked...

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Part One: French Quarter Fest ‘07

Part One: French Quarter Fest ‘07

Hello everyone, Pontchartrain Pete here (just call me Pete, Pontchartain can be hard to spell and is too long to type). Today’s my first stint as guest blogger for Nola at nolanotes and for this and future posts I’ll keep with the “all things New Orleans” theme. Being single and male, your author will...

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